iavf_free_tx_resources(9)

💖 iavf_free_tx_resources(9) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that Kernel API Manual, we love her — and today's main character is iavf_free_tx_resources. buckle up bestie, it's a short one but it's literally doing the lord's work 🧹✨

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✨ NAME ✨

iavf_free_tx_resources — free Tx resources, per queue 💅

like, it's the cleanup girlie. one queue at a time. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void iavf_free_tx_resources (struct iavf_ring *tx_ring );

that's it. that's the whole signature. returns nothing (void), takes one pointer, and then does its little cleanup routine. iconic behaviour honestly 🎀

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• tx_ring — the Tx descriptor ring for one specific queue. that's the thing you're handing over so it can get tidied up. one ring, one queue, one vibe. 🌸

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

free all the transmit software resources 🫶

like — all of them. the software ones. that's literally what the page says and honestly it's giving "short but confident." no extra lore, no plot twists, just resources going back where they came from. slay.

💀 real talk though: this is a free function, so if you're calling it, make sure you actually want these Tx software resources gone. it's not a "peek at them" situation, it's a "release them" situation. iykyk.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group shows up for this one, no gatekeeping 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
• iavf_is_descriptor_done(9)
• iavf_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(9)
• iavf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• iavf_get_tx_pending(9)
• iavf_force_wb(9)
• iavf_detect_recover_hung(9)
• iavf_clean_tx_irq(9)
• iavf_enable_wb_on_itr(9)
• iavf_update_itr(9)
• iavf_setup_tx_descriptors(9)
• iavf_clean_rx_ring(9)
• iavf_free_rx_resources(9)
• iavf_setup_rx_descriptors(9)
• iavf_release_rx_desc(9)
• iavf_receive_skb(9)
• iavf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• iavf_rx_csum(9)
• iavf_legacy_rx_csum(9)
• iavf_flex_rx_csum(9)
• iavf_legacy_rx_hash(9)
• iavf_flex_rx_hash(9)
• iavf_flex_rx_tstamp(9)
• iavf_process_skb_fields(9)
• iavf_cleanup_headers(9)
• iavf_add_rx_frag(9)
• iavf_build_skb(9)
• iavf_is_non_eop(9)
• iavf_extract_legacy_rx_fields(9)
• iavf_extract_flex_rx_fields(9)
• iavf_clean_rx_irq(9)
• iavf_update_enable_itr(9)
• iavf_napi_poll(9)
• iavf_tx_prepare_vlan_flags(9)
• iavf_tso(9)
• iavf_tx_enable_csum(9)
• iavf_create_tx_ctx(9)
• __iavf_chk_linearize(9)
• __iavf_maybe_stop_tx(9)
• iavf_tx_map(9)
• iavf_xmit_frame_ring(9)
• iavf_xmit_frame(9)

forty-one besties in the mentions, and every single one of them kept. we don't leave the group chat on read around here 🔥

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋 source vibe check: this one comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026 — so yeah, free your Tx resources, stay hydrated, and go read the rest of the iavf girlies 💖💅👑